After being asked by several potential clients the exact strategy I use for Off Page SEO, I decided it was time to put together a blog post that I could simply link to; instead of typing it up each time. That’s the goal of this post, to explain how I currently handle Off Page SEO. [...]
Afraid of the Google Disavow Link Tool?
When Penguin hit in April of this year, Google started punishing unnatural link profiles. Google expects to see certain types of incoming links, from certain sources, in certain quantities, and using the right variations of anchor text. If those links are slightly off the regular, not much will happen; but if they reach certain extremes [...]
Rank Tracking Explained
The Google Algorithm has 200+ factors (domain age, backlinks, on page factors, etc) that influence ranking. Only Google knows the exact value of each factor, but with tens of thousands of SEO’s ranking sites; we’ve come up with a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn’t. Think of the Google Algorithm as a [...]
Competition Analysis: SEO Strategy To Maximize ROI
Once you find the right keywords, the next step is figuring out the best way to approach the market. Each keyword will have a different ranking time, so it’s best to plan out both short and long term ranking strategies. There’s a lot of factors you need to take into account, but there’s a great [...]
How To: SEO Keyword Research (The Right Way)
Put simply, if you’re going to put the time and effort into SEO; you had better be ranking for the search terms that people are actually typing in. There’s some great tools available (including some free ones), that make this both easy and highly effective. Read through this page, and you’ll be well on your [...]
What To Do For Penguin SEO (The New Google Update)
Now that some time has passed since April 24th, the roll out date of the Newest Google Penguin Update, it’s a lot easier to see patterns forming for the sites that were impacted by the changes. Again, my clients were lucky enough to dodge this bullet, as once again I’m seeing tons of other SEO’s [...]
Google Update: The Over Optimization Penalty
Google is combating SEO’s for attempting to “game” their system, by heavily penalizing their sites. I’ve been reading about a few sites that have only used 100% White Hat Tactics and followed Google Best Practices exactly; yet they’re buried in the search engines. I understand the penalizing for spammy behavior, such as excessive links, keyword [...]
How To Get Out Of The “Google Dance”
What is the Google Dance? The Google Dance is when you’re site jumps around in the search engines. For example, you could be ranking in position 5 on Monday, and Tuesday morning you may not be in the top 100 results. This is often due to an unnatural linking pressure that raises red flags at [...]
How Private Blog Networks and Non-Varied Anchor Text Brought Me a Ton of Clients
I’ve just had one of the busiest weeks of my life. My email was being bombarded and my phone was ringing off the hook. Luckily I have some very specific email filters, and a well crafted answering machine message. For some reason, clients were coming in from all directions; which I’m definitely not complaining about, [...]